Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-01-05

CoLeSseO 10 ono murueI, the burning OF sevetAl
houses, and the intention to XIII five persons
were he ut liberty. Tho minions Of Judge
lynch obeyed his behests In the following IN
CHI, Colo. for siiiins Mike Gleason; George
Robinson lcoloredl who killed Willard F. Par.
ker at Monroe, la. negro named Burns at
MaI,tinsbnrg, ", Va, after contrasting to an as
MARCH.
VA. witcher, an orator and politician. was
lynched In southwestern Virginia for the muir
der OF his nth wife. An Indian Territory mob
reported the mysterious disappearance OF q
n name. mn they
an Indian girl John. Martin and Thomas
Archer. three brothers, accused Of murder, were
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tempted to assault child, was taken from Jail
Ut kusseilville, KY. by masked men, and
sumInarily hanged by . mob for q criminal
o sault upon the daughter Of prominent citi
Een Tobe Williams and Weakley Ridley, both
ths msrssr ~ 20 ot 81 Fred VIII
lerssR, an italian, was taken from iail ut Vicks-
burg, Miss. by mob and hanged; his crime
Anthony, Kan took from the sheriff the tao
brothers Weaver imprisoned for murder and
shot them 20 DEATH the tragedy being witnessed
one ' Of shem Kels Norman a 'co i @s was
lynched at Axton. Va, for assault and robbery.
aPHILs
At Springfield Mo-, On the oGth, Goo, f. Ora
ham, wife-murderer, was taken from the jail by
mob OF SEQ men, and strung up to q tree; when
the mob unlocked Grnhams cell he greeted
with tine c, ea1 hang but
colored outlaw, was killed by lynchers at Au-
buru, Ky. for a criminal attempt upon two
white girls. whose room he had entered.
MAY.
Albert Smith, negro laborer, killed his en-
ployer. Mai. w. =. Green, sugar planter, near
New Orleans; smith was taken from jail and
hanged to tree Dan and Sam Mann were
strung up by mob at Barlow, Fla for killing
tho marshal OF that place.
JUNE.
During the month mobs inflicted summary
punishment in the following cases Alfred
Long, who murdered A. J. Mcbride and wife
and burned their bodies near Lexington. n
ing the child Of q Clergyman. Ole Beckvot,
near Grand Forks. Dakota. Eli Owens, arrested
rom NJ and
tree By marked men. w. T.. Pruitt, lynched
near spe springs, Comanehe County. Texas.
for conspring to murder j. O. Hostetter. The
wAnton murder Of Marshal John Convey at De-
troit City. Mimi, by q gambler named William
Kahlihen. was speedily followed by the lynch
them ralsa WITH S' suss "a Williams y
tcolored} suffered death upon an impromptu
scnffold at Gainesville, Texas, for criminal as
hAuiS upon Wnlte woman.
JULY.
| George Parker, colored. for assault upon q
white woman. had summary JUS lice meted out
| to him ut Pennington, Miss Sidney Davis was
on trial at Morgan, Texas, for outrage. when the
proceedings were interrupted by the arri al Of
500 men, who hanged the culprit Stove Rom
| froe, q notorious outlaw and desperate, was
hanged by a mob at Livingston, Ala Jake
| Bra wei, colored. horribly maltreated Dolly
Woods. six-year-old girl on her way to school;
Brasweil was captured, and o conference Of one
hundred whites and blacks gave him the choice
| Of being burned or hanging himself; he chose
| hanging. climbed tree, and fastened rope
| around his own neck and to . limb Of . tree,
1 when he was pushed Oft and his body riddled
! with bullets. At Frisco, Kan, posse in pur-
| suit Of a murderer surrounded a stable where
4 the fugitive was concealed and upon the latter
refusing to surrender he was killed by yoIey
| OF bullets. Bill Haley, murderer, was taken
from the Jail at Paulding. Ohio by . masked
mob and hanged to a tree.
AUGUST.
| FIX Policeman Jim Moore Of Macon, Ga, was
| applied TO for information by stranger q lady
4 from Savannah, whereupon he procured hack,
cpticed her to an designation house, and with
pistol to her head compelled her submission
when the fact became known an angry crowd
hanged him to tree. Judge Lynch inflicted
summary punishment upon divers culprits dur
ing the month as follows John Shorts, OF searcy
| Ark, wife-murder; an unknown tramp who
| robbed and murdered John 8. Davis, agent Of
! kins, bricklayer at Aurora Ind, was drag ed
! to q water tank and hanged, with his hands UNI
/ bert. . contractor; citizens OF jackson, Tenn,
hanged Eliza Woods, negro cook. accused
| Of poisoning white woman. John and Lean
| der Nelson were hanged from bridge near
| Magnolia La. At vicksburg. Miss, = negro
! boy Of Is. who killed Mrs. Davis. wife OF his
| employer with . hoe, was shot to death by
neighbors. All Of the above were punished for
murder Three negroes ut McNutt Lake, Misss
were hanged by citizens for attempted assault
upon some young ladies.
/ SEPTEMBER.
David Johnson lunatic, who killed Edward
White in the street mt Western Port. Nd, was
over over the Potomac his neck was broken. 4
negro named Wilkerson was riddled with bull
| let's near Millen, Ga, for criminal assault
Maiden. NO, Tor murder MURDER {. +. symmes,
| charged with murder, was taken from tho au-
thorities at Montross, Col. and hanged.
OCTOBER.
The people OF Quincy Fla, lynched two mon
/ suspected of firing new mill. Masked men at
bteelville. Mo-, lynched r. r. Wallace. the al
sons--fsther, mother and three children. Other
culprits who fell victims to mob law during Oc-
t0ber We're Tom Farrar. a negro who assaulted
Miss Lizzie Murray and afterward murdered
her father at Throckm0rton, Texas Thomas
Israel, negro, for brutality assaulting ten
year-old white girl at Rocky Ford, Go. Vigil
riors man-slayer named John McLees. and
hanged him TO . gats-beam: Masked men at
Monticello. III, took out Of Jail and hanged
groes in Pickens County Alabama, suspected
1 Of incendiarism-strung up. James Haynes, q
murderer. was taken from Jail ut Brownsville.
victim. iynchel g. and lynched-colored. mu-
latto named Hewey quarrsled with Samuel Day
over four pounds OF cotton at Bad Springs.
Texas; Day was killed, Hewey was followed
s q S''0an0ana'' e.p'uls4 -n' '''p'a''a =
NOVEMBER.
Samuel Purple surrendered 70 tho sheriff Of
Hodgeman County, Kansas, after killing his
wife and Two children but . mob took him out
Of jail and hahg d him TO . tree Other culpr. Il
upon whom lynch law vas visited during Tho
month were: Andrew J. Mullgan, aaiAs janet
& Page. q Harrison. Ark. for murder. Charles
simmons, colored, shot to death while asleep q
Minden. La. John Davis, colored, ut Randolph
Ala, for repeated criminal assaults upon Whit
women. Three incendiaries who burned . cot
ton gin house In Franklin County, Miss, wers
lost In the woods- while being taken 10 jail
Four negro murdersrs were strung up IN tn
ea%. upo S them l0 wiio thsy we're cleaning
bog they had stolen. CGsay Robinson va
hanged BY mob at Florsnos. 8 c.. for assault
upon . white woman.
DECEMDER.
The town Of Brsnhan. Texas, was invaded q
midnight BY : MASKED mob who took from ~
Jones lmurdeSsrsI. who were found next nom
Ing hanging % stree 6ecege Parks ana Mon
ros Emlsh. coiored. ch.Iged With incsndiarisn
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